event taking place from May 25 to September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that led to the creation of the United States Constitution
One of the last things the North Carolina General Assembly did in the 2024 “short session” was to pass House Joint Resolution 151. The resolution’s short title is “Term Limits…
(In honor or Constitution Day, I’m reposting this Opinion Piece that originally appeared in the Carolina Journal in 2019.) The title of this piece pays homage to Karl Popper’s great…
Nathaniel Macon passed away on this day. His name was synonymous with North Carolina during the early 1800s. He served as U.S. Speaker of the House (1801-1807). In total, he…
Joseph Bessette and Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute remind us about the role the president is supposed to play in our constitutional system. … [W]hen it came time…
Editors at the New York Sun question whether Democrats realize the potential impact of their anti-Trump diatribes. Sometimes we wonder whether the Democrats intend to run for the presidency on…
The Constitution and Its Enemies This week, JLF’s Jon Guze published an opinion piece in Carolina Journal for Constitution Day 2019. Guze’s piece focused on the principles inherent in the…
The title of this piece pays homage to Karl Popper’s great work of political philosophy, The Open Society and Its Enemies. Popper wrote the book during the Second World War in…
It’s Constitution Week! This week we are celebrating the signing of the U.S. Constitution, our nation’s governing document. Each day, you will find a blog about constitutions in America. These…
Jay Cost of National Review Online probes progressives’ attitudes about our nation’s governing document. Last week, conservatives in the Twitterverse had a good chuckle at the expense of MSNBC host…
Jay Cost of National Review Online pans proposals to change the composition of the U.S. Senate. In a provocative Sunday opinion piece for the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie takes…
Jay Cost of National Review Online addresses common complaints about President Trump’s style and manners. … [O]ur Founders tried to protect republican government from becoming royal government, but they also…
Jay Cost of National Review Online explores the U.S. Senate’s role in our constitutional structure. In recent years the United States Senate has become the bête noire of many good-government…